Why not translate ALL Arabic words into English?

Submitted by mach37 (United States), Jun 15, 2016 at 03:33

No, that did not help, except for giving a new reference source, Theodor Noldeke's 'History of the Quran.' My complaint is that if the greatest majority of words in a quote or discussion from the Quran are in English, I don't see the logic of not translating that extra two or three Arabic words as well. Few English speakers are going to be reading these comments with an Arabic/English dictionary in hand. And giving the Arabic characters is even less helpful to those unfamiliar with Arabic words. When one reads classic French or Russian or German translations into English there are NEVER any words left untranslated; translations of the Quran should be the same.

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